Posts Tagged ‘The Wonder Years’

It goes withouthout saying that 2013 has been a fantastic year for music. These 12 months have brought us fantastic albums, coming from established bands, debuts from up-and-comers and also a few brilliant comeback records from our recently reunited favourites. Indeed, with so many great releases being fired out throughout the year, boiling this down to the 10 absolute best is nothing short of a challenge.

However, we put our thinking caps on, knuckled down, pulled all of our opinions together and managed to finalise what are our top 10 albums of 2013. Take a look below at what we thought has made 2013 such a fantastic year for music and undoubtedly has made it an arduous task for whatever 2014 has in store for us to even match up to, nevermind top:

Pop-punk favourites The Wonder Years have just confirmed a string of headline tour dates across the UK in May, which will see support from A Loss For Words and State Champs throughout. You can find all dates of the tour below:

Following its return to the UK after a 10 year hiatus last November, it was clear from the response that Vans Warped Tour on British shores deserved to stay. So, come 2013, Vans Warped Tour is back once again at London’s Alexandra Palace. This time packing a weekend full of brilliant bands from across the globe, including stage headliners such as Enter Shikari, Rise Against and Parkway Drive, we just had to get involved with the final major UK music festival of the year.

Pennsylvania pop-punk heroes The Wonder Years have just released a music video for ‘There, There’, the latest track taken from their current album, ‘The Greatest Generation’. You can check it out below:

Whilst over in the UK for Vans Warped Tour and supporting The Wonder Years on their headline tour, pop-punk outfit Handguns have announced a selection of their own headline shows. All of the band’s upcoming UK dates are detailed below:

Another 18 bands have just been added to perform at this year’s Vans Warped Tour UK in London, with the latest line-up additions including Memphis May Fire, We Came As Romans, Chiodos, Like Moths To Flames and more. The full line-up as it stands thus far, including all new additions, are outlined below:

When your last album has been cast into the annals of pop-punk history as one of the best ever, it’s fair to say that there’s going to be a slight weight of expectation on the next one. Luckily though, The Wonder Years don’t sweat it one bit. Continuing on the theme of growth presented in their last two albums, ‘The Greatest Generation’ is easily the band’s most mature record to date. Lyrically, it’s as reflective and thoughtful as pop-punk can get, with introspective, often nostalgia tinged lyrics delivered, with all the anthemic aplomb we’ve come to expect from the band.